Region (Eastern Africa)
Urgent Call for action: Ask your Congressional Representatives to Preserve the Bipartisan Anti-Corruption law
The House and Senate are considering steps to get rid of an anti-corruption law which, when implemented,…
Conference on Land Grab and Just Governance in Tanzania
From September 13-15, 2016 at St. Gasper Conference Centre Dodoma Rev. Aniedi Okure, AFJN Executive Director spoke…
Free the Democratic Space in Ethiopia, Stop the Killing and Release the Emprisoned
The recent government clashes with peaceful and unarmed protesters in Ethiopia, where security forces have killed, jailed,…
Uganda: Cleric Predicts “Bloody War” Over Africa’s Raw Resources & Scramble Over Land
Rev. Fr. Aniedi Okure, OP addressing Acholi leaders in Gulu
Africa’s First Solar-powered Bus
May 2016. This month at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya introduced its ”Kayoola Solar…
Linking Toxic Waste Dumping to Africa’s Land, Water and Seed Struggle
On March 2, 2016, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) co-sponsored and participated in the Ghana Integrated…
Uganda’s first women-only gym
Fitness is big business, but in countries like Uganda in East Africa being a woman and going…
Happy Independence Day, Tanzania, April 26.
Shortly after achieving independence from Britain in the early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the…
Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald on “Grounds for better understanding and dialogue with Islam” Photo Gallery
Born in England into a Catholic family of Irish descent, Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald was educated by…
Ethiopia Selected Among Top Ten Best Tourist Destinations for 2015
One of the leading publishers of travel guidebooks, Rough Guides, recently held an online vote allowing its…
Kenya Wind Farm Project
By Rita Murphy Kenya has stepped up its efforts to transform 40,000 acres of land into a…
Africa up for grabs, Saudi Arabia takes its share
Land grabbing threatens the livelihood of many communities in Africa. Saudi Arabian companies are among the many…
Kenya’s Ogiek Women Conquer Cultural Barriers to Support their Families
NAKURU COUNTY, Kenya, Sep 22 2014 (IPS) – Just two years ago, Mary Ondolo, a 50-year-old mother…
African Faith Leaders Unite for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
The year 2015 will mark the official end to the Millennium Development Goals campaign, an initiative launched…
Crisis in South Sudan: an analysis by the Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University in South Sudan
An Interview by Barthelemy Bazemo, AFJN Policy Analyst South Sudan became the world’s youngest nation on July…
Freedom for Sudanese woman who refused to renounce her Christian Faith
By Nicole Ngambwa What sort of crime did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim commit for the Sudanese government in…
Ethiopian Security Forces: Stop Arresting and Killing Peaceful Demonstrators
News reports from East Africa indicate that Ethiopian Security Forces are using live bullets against unarmed students…
Sharing in the Grief, Anxiety and Hope of the People An Account of War Conflicts In Leer Mission
“Local Christians were collecting food to feed us. We got four goats and a bull which we…
Fate of Africa’s youngest state lies with U.S. and its allies
Barthelemy Bazemo The memories of the two-decade long civil war leading to the independence of South Sudan…
The Committee for National Healing, Peace and Reconciliation
Opportunities and Challenges of Achieving the Mission South Sudan’s long track records of successive initiatives, combined with…
